respectfulofwomen: Happy birthday, Assata Shakur! (July 16, 1947)A Black Panther and leader in the B
respectfulofwomen: Happy birthday, Assata Shakur! (July 16, 1947)A Black Panther and leader in the Black Liberation Army, Assata was convicted of murder by the state in 1977 and served several years until escaping to Cuba, where she has remained in political asylum for over 40 years. She has written and spoken on race, Black liberation, struggle, and socialism, and her works include her autobiography Assata and contributions to Still Black, Still Strong.“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.” -- source link